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FIRE TORPEDOES
Newest Development in Navy Air
Service Proves Success in
Scries of Tests.
STIRS UP TACTICAL OFFICERS
In Experiments st Hampton Roads
Hit Amidships Was Scored by Mis
sile Fired at an Angle
of 90 Degrees.
Washington.—The newest develop
ment of the navy ulr service, the fir
ing of torpedoes from seaplanes, tin*
success of which has 4i*st been demon
sfrated in a series of remarkable tests
off the Virginia capes, with the dread
nought Arkansas as a target, is euus-
ii.<; no end of concern among the tac
tical officers aboard these monster
fighting ships.'
While the fleet officers are consid
ering methods of defense against such
torpedo attacks, which admittedly pre-
m nts many obstacles, work in perfect
ing offensive tactics is going ahead
at tlie naval air station fit tlie Hamp
ton Roads naval base. The tests just
completed have been valuable not to
tlie flyers alone, but to those officers
whose duty it is to keep in action
what they believe probably always
will lie tiie backbone of naval warfare,
tlie battleship.
The success of firing torpedoes from
seaplanes admittedly lias brought the >
science of naval warfare Into a now
phase, with the result that, while bat
tleships will continue to he essential
to supremacy at sea, that fighting
force which is superior in the air will
he dominant. It is the problem now
of Admiral Jones and other high
officers of the fleet, who. control naval
aviation as well as surface craft, to
co-ordinate the two for the < best •re
sults.
The development of firing torpedoes
from aircraft lias been the work of a
year and a half, largely in the hands
lif Lieut. II. T. Bartlett, t.nd it
been conducted at various
along the Atlantic coast, Hampton
Roads, Yorktown, I’ensneoln and .New
port. One of the problems has been
the perfection of a launching gear so
that the torpedo, carried under the
seaplane, may be let go at the proper
time; another has been tlio manufac
ture of a torpedo wlii^h when dropped
into the water at from twenty to fifty
feet will wltlisthnd the jar, recover it
self and function properly; still an
other lias been the training of pilots
and the working out of tactics for
attack.
The tests just completed with the
battleshjp Arkansas ' as the target
showed that these obstacles have been
overcome to a large extent, although
it must be said that ( tiiis kind of tor
pedo firing is ns yet not fully devel
oped. The tests have demonstrated
that there are many things yet to
overcome—for instance, the necessity
for a better type of seaplane, to pro
vide greater speed and” endurance: a
longer range for firing torpedoes, so
that It will not he essential that the
seaplane get dangerously near the tar
get. and a viill greater problem, that
of dropping a torpedo from a distance
higher than forty or fifty feet from
the surface of the water. These weak
nesses are recognized, jjnd the airmen
are trying to overcome them.
Flew Ninety Miles to Rendezvous.
In the attack on the Arkansas the
seaplanes currying torpedoes flew
from tlijb naval base at Hampton
Roads, a distance of IK) miles, to the
Scene of the operations. The tor
pedoes were slung under the sea
planes, each seaplane carrying one.
The Arkansas, accompanied by two
other battleships, tlie Wyoming and
the North Dakota, were under way,
steaming at 17 knots an lion .
The problem for the seaplanes was
to get to the target, liitmeli the torpe
does to register hits and get away
again. kTlie comparative success of
this was demonstrated in tlie tally,
which showed that of seventeen tor
pedoes launched nine frit the target.
The Arkansas was able to dodg 1 three
of the torpedous by quick maneuver
ing, although one of the
I hit, regarded generally us a remark-
ably high score.
: Of course the conditions of the test
! were largely in favor of the seaplanes.
I ,’i'he weather was ideal and there was
! no opposition, excepting, of course, tlie
j ability ^of tlie battleship to dodge the
oncoming torpedoes. In battle, natu
rally, tlie seaplunts would have hud a
| far loss easy time. But conditions on
j both sides wonld have been reversed,
j The operations conducted with the
j Arkansas as the /center of attack
. d» monstrnted what is regarded among
navy officers as highly important—
that the torpedo attack and tlie neces-
j sary maneuvering to avoid such an
onslaught threw the battleship forma-
tion into such confusion as to de
stroy the firing program. Rapid
I maneuvering was necessary to avoid
f the torpedoes, with tlie result that tlie
I guns were swinging back and forth
to an extent where a firing program
could have been carried out only with
tlie utmost difficulty, part of the time
not at all. '
-Rear Admiral W A. Moffitt, chief of
tiie bureau of naval aeronautics, who
observed ttifx operations from the
bridge of the Arkansas, a battleship
aboard which he was at one time the
executive officer, commented on the
confusion caused by tlie torpedo at
tack. He regarded this us one of the
essential results of the maneuvers.
New to the Service.
An interesting detail of tlie whole
performance was tlie firing of a tor
pedo at an angle of 00 degrees, dis
tinctly new in the service. In the.pre
liminary part of tiie attack tlie air
planes, in order to let go the!i> tor
pedoes, lo aded straight for Nie battle
ship, coming as close as Sort yards. In I
spile of the large number of airplanes
hovering about, it was easy enough to |
tell which was about t.o fire a torpedo, !
so that the dodging by the siiip was i
simplified.
But all this calculation was upset J
when one of the seaplanes swooped
down in a direction opposite to that j
in which the hatll 'ship was traveling. 1
Nobody thought that the plane ex
pected to launch it torpedo, but it did
that very tiling, sending- it off at an
angle of 90 degrees.
YVlthin two minutes tiie torpedo had
recovered itself and was • turning at
rigid angles, making directly for the
battleship. It was loo late to swing
i around to -escape the Hit, which was i
m the port side,, a blow-r
SPEND MILLIONS
TO RID VETERANS
Sale of Land under Power of Sale
In Mortgage
GEORGIA BALDWIN County:
Under and by virtue of a Po'weer of
Sale contained in the Mortgage exe
cuted by Lee Conyer Ellison to the
Milledgevilie Banking Company on
Greatest Mother Summons Her Childn
Red Cross Has Used $10,000,-j th * 1Tth ,la >’ of F e bruar y 1919 > aii(1
r\nn ■ • I.- >->• i- 'recorded in the office of the Clerk
0v;3 ( in Assisting D.Gabhd Ex- )f Ba jh w j„ Superior Court in Mort-
Service Men and Faniil.es. gage Book No. 11, Page 54y., the un-
| dersignod will sell oh th e First Tues
day in December 1922,'at public
sale at the Court house in said Coun
ty,fduhing the legal hours of sale, to
the highest bidder for cash the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land sit
uate lying and being in the North
ern portion of the City of Miiledge-
vilie, Baldwin County, Georgia, and
ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES
Contraction of Post-War Work In For
eign Fields and Expansion in do
mestic Activities of Peace Fea
ture of Last Year’s Work.
Washington.'—Contraction of post
war work in foreign fields, expansion | known as Lot No. 7, in'Block “G’
in tiie domestic activities of peace,
and sustained interest of tlie members
of chapters in local service programs,
are featured In the annual report of
the American Red Cross for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1922, Just made
public.
Membership statistics gbcAv approx
imately 4.000,000 enrolled on July 1
last, and 3.300 active chapters in the
United States and in its insular pus-
according to a plat mad e by Blood-
worth and Bloodworth. Said lot
fronting North on Evans Avenue,
Fifty feet, and running back South
about One Hundred and Twenty
Five feet, to an adjoining lot No. 16.
said lot being part of the sub-divi
sion of the Edmund Harrus place.
It b e ing the same lot deeded by R.
L. Bray to Obie Ellison on Decembei
sessions and foreign territory. The j nun and recorded in Deed bool
peak of war time had 3.785 chapters, i No- 5) fage 2 13. Ohio Ellison being
When a year ago emphasis was laid ,, ,
the husband of Le e Conyer Ellison,
and he having died leaving a will and
having under Item 4 of said will left
the above described lot to said Lee
Cony e r Ellison.
This sale is had for the purpose cf
having a certain promissory note
bearing date of February 11th. 1919
and payable on November 11 t'n 19l9
and made and executgu by the sri.i
Lee Conyer Ellison, said note being
| for the sum of One Hundred _ and
Twenty Five. Dollars piincipal, and
I inter e st at the rate of Eight per cent
! per annum and the interest being
paid up to the 11th. day of August
1922, the total'amount due on" «aid
note is .$125.00 principal. •$2.50, in
terest, together with th e costs of this
on the fact that life Red Cross was
spending some $10,000,000 lo help the
disabled ex-service man or his family,
the general opinion seemed to be that
the high mark for this service--had
been reached. Y’el for the fiscal year
Just begun a budget of $3,030,692.90.
or $305,560 more titan was spent lust
year for soldier service, was set apart
by national /headquarters. Adding to
this budget the funds which will he
disbursed by tlie chapters throughout
the country, it is estimated that the
aggregate for the current year will
fall not far short of another $10,000,-
< 000. These funds are devoted to a
wide variety of ministrations to llie
^disabled veterans which the govern
ment is not authorized by tyijv to ren
der and for whirl! no funds are pro-
tided b.V congress. On June 1 lust
27,487 disabled ex-service men were
receiving treatment under the govern-1 proceeding as provided in such rnort-
ment, and authorities deeTilre that the gag ^ A conV eyeance will !e ex e cut
it has i mj € j s |,j |S ; i
,a,ions KX-ffinL'luffi timt.u'plahJ bm’n'loadedi ' m,,lb, ' r wi » mK ' h 28 ’°°° by Junm " -y
with explosives, to have sent the but-j ’ '
tleship to the bottom. ' j Help for Veterans.
Altered Views "of Officers. In addition to individual service to
The natural' tendency of some of- veterans under treatment tlie Red ^'e" 10Rla > ana the said mortgage
ed to the purchaser by the said Mil-
leedgeville Banking Company, it be
ing a corporation under the laws of
fleers
era ft
iduarU tlie licet to belittle*air- I Cross claims and information service
us an r cntiul agency in the handled 71,260 claims of all kinds in
future I
by the t
tendency
ijig, tests
s been changed materially
sis with tlie Arkansas. Tlie
existed, even after tlie bomb-
of a veur ago, which suc
ceeded in the destruction of tlie ten
mic.-timc Centum warships turned o^er
to tlie United States under the terms
of the armistice. The feeling then was
the year just closed. Thu chapters
reported 1,665,079 instances of service
to veterans and their dependents, at a
cost estimated to exceed $5,340,000.
and 01,174 allotment cheeks which the
1’ost Office department reported tin- Attorney for the
j deliverable were delivered to their
1 rightful owners by the* Red Cross.
thorizes the execution of
by the undersigned.
This October 31st. 1922. •
The Millodgevill
ing Company.
D. S. SANFORD.
Bank.
lid Deed
Bank
er*
An allegorical concept of the Rod Cror3 'X? a pcacc-t : rne ideal is em
ployed by the American Rod Cross in u new and striking poster for its
Annua! Red Cross Roil Call. Spread out before the heroic size figure is \,, v
outline of the United States with a Red Cross superimposed upon it wink
around its borders are sketched scenes depicting the chief activities of the
Red Cross today—service to disabled veterans of the \\ orid War, disaster
relief and promotion of the public health. The poster is the work of
Lawrence Wilbur, a New York artist and will be displayed throughout tlie
country during the enrollment of the Red Cross membership for 1923.
Tc Stop a Cough Quick ^
take c HAYES’ HEALING HONEY, &
cough medicine which stops the cough by
leafing the inflamed and irritated tissues.
A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE
SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and
Croup is enclosed with every bottle of
HAYES’ HEALING HONEY. The salve
should be rubbed on the chest and throat
of children suffering from a Cold or Croup.
The healing effect of Hayes’ Healing Huney in
side the throat combined with the Muling effect of
grove's O-Pcn-Trate Salve through tlie pores of
the skin soon stops a cough.
both remedies are packed in one carton and the
cost of the combined treatment is 3fir
■*'Just ask your druggist for HAYES'
HEALING HONEY.
A TOIVIC
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restore*
Energy and Vitality by Purifying and
Enriching the Blood. When you feel its
strengthening, invigorating effect, see hov;
it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply
Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So
pleasant even children like it. Tlie blood
needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to
Enrich it.•kDestroys Malarial germs and
Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigor
ating Effect. COc.
that bombs would lie effective only if
properly placed, under (lie most, favor
able conditions, und then in engage
ments which were not fur from land.
Protective decks might easily be j
constructed, it generally was held,
which would muse it almost itnpossi-1
ble to destroy a battleship. With 1 imi- j
Hi ions, lids is true, but the torpedo
bus changed tlie situation materially.
Nobody knows better than the navy
the effectiveness of torpedoes.
In furtherance of the torpedo firing
tlie naval nil' service lias drawn up j
plans for a new type of seaplane, to' be
called tlie Davis-Douglns plane. This |
will have greater cruising radius and j
(frontcr lifting ability, overcoming sev
eral of the disadvantages now recog
nized with the inadequate type of ship
now used. In the tests just held tlie
seaplanes did not go above 1,000 feet,
whereas in actual operation they
might lid called upon to go to 10,000 or
even more, that safety might be af-
sured. Donalu Maegregor In the New
Y’ork Herald.
REINDEER FLEE TAME HERDS
All but 160 of 700 Animals Brought to
Baffin Bay Reported
Missing.
and. by accident, Hit the North 1
kota.
The torpedoes, of course, were dum
mies, but in ei’ery other way except us
to explosive charge they were of the
navy standard type, weighing about
1,000 pounds.
The planes, from an altitude of
about 2,000 feet, swooped down to
within 40 feet of tlie water and when
about 1,000 yards from tlie target It t
go the U>rp%loes. It was easy enough,
from the bridge of the Arkansas, to
see these drop. When they were let
go the planes would get up again and
duck out of the way, turning off and
making fot the base.
The torpedo would land in the water!
with a great splash and then «n out
of sight. It required a minute and a
half or two minutes for tlie torpedo
to recover itself in the water and then
—lunke for the target. Its course was
easily discernible, as it traveled be
neath the wilted at a depth of IS feet.
It left a rippling wake u' it made its
wyy nearer and nearer.
Nine Torpedoes Found Target.
Observers, stationed all over the
battleship, reported by telephone to
tlie bridge, where tlie navigator shifted j
the position of flic vessel, sometimes |
If rime to dodge the torpedo. In spite .
of this, however, mile of tlie torpedoes !
Halifax, N. S.—Many of (lie Nor
wegian reindeers brought to Baffin hay
last year by tlie Hudson’s Bay com
pany are missing.
Captain Falk of the Hudson bay
steamer Bay Eskimo, which lias just
arrived here from tliq far anyth, said
went on fHat of the herd of 700 reindeer landed
ai Baffin bay by the steamer Nuscople,
only 160 could lie accounted for when
he was there this summer.
The si/.e and topography of tlie coun
try made herding the reindeer almost
'impossible. Captain Fail: said, and il
was believed that the missing animals j
had joined wild hands on the northern'
end of the island. The remaining deer,!
lie said, were fat unil sleek.
Although the service which the
American Ited Cross was called upon
to do in helmlf of the stricken and
Impoverished nations overseas during
and after the war practically came to
a close on last July 1, the program of
Services and relief adopted for the
current fiscal year require n budget
mount Ing to $9,739,872.47 This is [ess
by $2,735,975 tiian last year's expendi
tures by tlie national organization.
However, the large financial opera
tions of tlie 3,300 active chapters dur
ing tlie year, combined with tin's bud
get, it is estimated will approach an
aggregate of some $20.000,ooo ex
pended throughout tlie world by atul
In the name of the Red Cross.
The following summary of the alto-
cation of Red Cross expenditures an*"
der tlie various main headings in the
national budget for tlie year July 1,
1922, to June 30, 1923, does not include
chapter expenditures or any—estimate
of the value of volunteer work done
by thousands of chapter members, hut
it visualizes an operating expense in
peace time in the spirit and along the
lines of tlie chartered duties of the
American Red Cross:
How the Money Is Spent.
Assistance to disabled ox-ser-
vici^ hipll and women.. ,|3,03o,692.90
Service and assisiance to fled
luipters and tlieir
.240. SC
i.tMUK
No Seat Large Enough
for 216-Pound Pupil
The regret of Walter Wlnkley
of Little Rock, Ark., over, re
opening of school was turned to
•Joy when be found lie wpuld
have a couple of days of li-ldng
and swimming until a special
chair could be const fueled for
him. Walter Is sixteen years
old and weighs trio pounds T.
C. Abbott, School sii|M'i inteinl
cut, tried to find the new pupil
a seat, hut all were too small,
and an effort lo fit Walter in
sidew ise whs likewise iiiiNiiceesn-
fill, so ii otmir was ordered built
to fit Walter.
cross
brandies
Disaster relief
Hospital and other sen
regular army and navy 3c»:.3d.OO
Assistance to other organiza
tions ro-npefnting in Work re
lated 1° Red Cross activities.. 2oe,000.00
Ollier activities in the United
States 180,406.83
Medical and hospital supplies for.
distribution hy tile American
Relief administration In Rus
sia 1,331.014..Vi
Completion of child health pro
gram in Europe Gil,314.10
Completion and liquidation of
general relief operations
abroad ': - 7 ■ g r
Assistam e to League of Hcd
Cross Societies ro'.ono.nn
Management 403.15470
Total national budget f!i,7::
Tlie item of service and assistance
to Red Cross chapters and their
branches, in tlie above summary, em
braces a general service adjusted to
such activities ns tly; health service,
which includes siaff aids in life sav
ing, first aid and nutrition work; the
Junior American Red Cross program:
| the nursing service, including enroll
| ment and assignment of nurses fur all
I Red Cross and public hPullli nursing
1 demands; and all other emergencie-
in chapter work in every field.
Disaster relief requires a high efl
cieney of preparedness to render ad
quate aid without loss of time. In 7
disasters last year $1,441,486 was <*
pended by tlie Red Cross. It is c\
dent, therefore, tlmt tlie budget
disii'iiy relief tills year is ,.
live.
of the hula' budget less than $7e ,
OOO Is allotted for management in <. i
national orgutii/eGi n.
. n.wrmm fi
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